Fresh Talk: Yane Calovski

In Istanbul, Cathy Byrd meets Yane Calovski, a transmedia artist and curator based in Skopje, Macedonia. Since 1998, his research-based works have been exhibited at Tate Britain, Manifesta 7, European Kunsthalle, Baltic Art Center, and Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, among other venues. Yane is the artistic director of Press to Exit, an organization founded in 2004 as a special program-based artist initiative for research and production in the field of visual arts and curatorial practices. 

Sound Editor: Jeff T. Byrd, with Leonardo Madriz 

Photos, courtesy the artist except where noted. 

Sound: Yane Calovski,Everything is after something, 2004. Produced by Baltic Art Center as part of the Production-in-Residence program 2003/04. 

Music made in collaboration with Tobias Sjoberg and Sebastian and Sebastian. Courtesy the artist.